collyrium
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of collyrium
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek kollȳ́rion eye salve
Vocabulary lists containing collyrium
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For it St. Francis' physicians applied eye bindings, salves, plasters and urina virginis pueri, the sovereign eye wash which later became the favorite collyrium of that great medieval Spanish ophthalmologist who became Pope John XXI.
From Time Magazine Archive
In revenge, I did considerable havoc amongst the spur-fowl, who proved equally good for sport and the pot, besides knocking over a number of old crows, whose gall the Arab soldiers wanted for collyrium.
From First Footsteps in East Africa by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
Then there are the illnesses and drugs of that country: the ophthalmias and collyrium.
From Saint Augustin by O'Sullivan, Vincent
It is as the Dervish's collyrium to the eyes, and causes them to see treasures that to the sight of donkeys are invisible.
From Burlesques by Thackeray, William Makepeace
The name Tútíá for collyrium is now not used in Kermán.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 1 by Yule, Henry
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